End of Year 2016-2017

Posted by Sheamus on May 29, 2017

The club met for the last session of the year 2016-2017 tonight Monday May 29th and will return again on Monday September 18th 2017.

We look forward to seeing you all then for another great year of  photography. In the meantime the Summer is the ideal time to get out and about with the camera when the world is bright and cheerful and full of life  and colour.

Enjoy it.

Photo Expo May 24th, Treacys West County Hotel

Posted by Sheamus on May 7, 2017

Here is the latest news from Fine Art Papers

PhotoExpo: 3 Great Events for May. 10th-Killarney, 11th-Cork & 24th-Ennis, 2pm-5pm & 6:30pm-9:30pm. Looking forward to bringing PhotoExpo back to Killarney and Cork again and our first ever Expo in Ennis. This year sees us join forces with three new Irish suppliers and a slight change of programme to previous years. In the afternoon and evening, we will have the usual tradeshow & mini-seminars but in addition, Podge Kelly will be running a full-day, limited number, hands-on workshop on lighting at the event for a nominal charge with further details below. The event sponsors are Nice Light. To book click…    (http://sheldonphoto.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=750030fbe4dc5dc2fc39a2d17&id=636df5b259&e=cd2fa1e321)

Training: Podge Kelly Training, will be hosting an all day lighting workshop at the Gleneagle Hotel, The Cork International Hotel and the Treacys West County Hotel in Ennis on the same days as the PhotoExpo tradeshows. Using a professional model, Podge will guide and assist the attendees on the best ways to get professional results using various forms of lighting and computer skills while getting the best shots available from the venues in question. All attendees will be able to use their images for their portfolios.  Course cost is €99 and includes lunch. Click for more info (http://sheldonphoto.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?

Annual Exhibition

Posted by Sheamus on May 7, 2017

The Club members annual exhibition is currently on show in the Sean Lemass  Library, Shannon until June 2nd.

Programme April 24th – May 29th

Posted by Sheamus on Apr 23, 2017

Apr 24^th         Portraits by window light. Bring cameras.  Also bring framed prints for the annual club exhibition in the library, May 2^nd – June 2nd,

May 1st            Bank Holiday. No Club.  

May 8^th            Outing to Adare. Meet there at 7:30pm.

May 13^th/14th   National Club Finals & Distinctions & IPF AGM in  Mullingar. 

May 15^th          Outing to Limerick. Meet at Howley’s Quay, 7:30pm.

May 22^nd          Outing to Lahinch. Meet at the promenade.

May 29^th          Meet in the Oakwood Hotel. Bring in images on a memory stick from the Portrait by windows session and from the three outings.  Three images from each event. This is the last night until September 18^th.               

Use the Summer well to prepare for the  National Shield in November  & the IPF Photographer of the Year Regional Round in late 2017 followed by the finals of this competition in 2018. Also consider the Nature Photographer

of the Year Regional round in January and the finals later in early 2018, The SACC Inter Club Competition and especially the  IPF National Club Finals.

Audio Visual Showdown & Workshop

Posted by Sheamus on Apr 14, 2017

AUDIO VISUAL WORKSHOP WITH RICHARD BROWN, FRPS

&

INTERNATIONAL AUDIO VISUAL SHOWDOWN

Oakwood Hotel, Shannon, Co. Clare.

Saturday, 22nd April, 2017.

Admission – free!

Doors will open at 10 a.m., for the workshop to commence at 10.30 a.m..　 Richard – one of the judges for AV2017 – will start off with some general tips and ideas for better scriptwriting illustrated with some sound clips.　 Then he will compare and contrast the words and planning of “It All Adds Up” and “In Search of Christina” – two of his new sequences – two sequences on a similar theme but different script treatments.　 He will also show additional sequences from his collection.

In the afternoon, there will be a showing of a selection of the international audio visuals entered in the showdown competition.　 This will include sequences from Melbourne, South Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Staffordshire , Holland, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.　 Sequences have been pre-judged and results will be announced at the end of the competition.

This is a great opportunity to hear from an international audio visual creator and to see how sequences are created in different parts of the world.

Richard Browne

Photo League 2016 – 2017

Posted by Sheamus on Apr 11, 2017

Last night, April 10th, we came to the final night of the 2016 – 2017  weekly Photo league and thanks to Maria O’Brien we had, for the first time, a beautiful trophy to present to the winner.

The whole club membership is most grateful to Maria for her  great generosity in donating this Perpetual trophy, which will be competed for long into the future.

The winner on this occasion was Noel Ryan, a very consistent entrant throughout the year followed closely by Helen McQuillan in second place and Edwin Bailey in third.

Heartiest congratulations to Noel and thanks to all the other members who participated in  the league.

Spring Trail 2017

Posted by Sheamus on Apr 11, 2017

Once again we had a very fine entry for the annual Spring Trail event around the St Patrick’s day festivities. The trail was set this year by Helen McQuillan and Maria O’Brien and they set it in the Vandeleur Gardens, Kilrush and around the town of Kilrush.

Unfortunately, the weather was most unkind over the three days but eighteen brave souls braved the elements  and produced fine sets of images.

The competition was won by Dave Halliday, with Christy Griffin in second place followed by Harry Pierce in third. Patricia Egan took the best First Time entrant.

The judge on the night was Adrian Kelly, Limerick Camera Club.